How Do I Get My Child to Listen to What I Say?
3 helpful tips to get your child to listen and learn Parenting is hard. Getting your child to easily... Read More
2021 Reading Challenge: Books About Mental Health
Join us in reading one book about mental health a month Is reading more books on your goals list... Read More
Returning to School Amidst COVID-19
Supporting Students During the Transition For those of us who have school-age children, we know first-hand how the pandemic... Read More
How to Talk to Your Children about the Riot at U.S. Capitol
Explaining this very scary and real event to kids Yesterday, January 6th, 2021, will mark a day that will... Read More
Starting a Mental Health Dialogue with Your Child
How to approach the topic of mental health with children Mental health is always a difficult subject to broach.... Read More
What is the Appropriate Age to Get My Child a Cell Phone?
Dear Acenda, The only item on my son’s holiday wish list this year is a cell phone! He’s been asking... Read More
What Should I Do If My Child is Being Cyberbullied?
Dear Acenda, My daughter has just turned 14 and is entering high school as a freshman this year. In response... Read More
Mental Illness in Adolescent TV & Movies
Do you know what your teen is streaming? With all this extra time on our hands, binge-watching has become everyone's go-to quarantine activity. When your adolescent is... Read More
Feeling Confident This Upcoming School Year
How Parents Can Help Their First-Time School Student Get Off to a Great Start The new school year is... Read More
Is Your Child Emotionally Ready for College?
Helping Your Teen Mentally Prepare for College August is the time when families are preparing to send their teen off to... Read More
Calming Kids Nerves for the Start of School
Helping Kids With Back to School Jitters It’s that time of year again when families are preparing their kids for back to school. The... Read More
Back to School Season is Approaching
Feeling Anxious About Your Kids Going Back to School? You Are Not Alone With the fall quickly approaching, many... Read More